I'm Losing Control [Diamond]

Thanatos almost jumped out of his skin when he heard someone shouting his name. Well, not exactly his name, but an alias he’d selected for himself as a childhood because others his age then were never able to say his real name. Who in Arceus’ name… Thanatos spun around, his golden eyes scanning the area for whomever was calling that name. He hadn’t used it in a while, so clearly it was someone he’d met in the past.

His hands were out of his pockets, acting as a counterbalance to the momentum that threatened to make the tall young man sway on the spot. Then he saw a figure he’d only seen in newspaper clipping in the years past. Someone he’d met when he was younger. The boy in his memories was faceless then, proving just how long it had been since he’d seen the person who’d clearly called his name. Thanatos swallowed, an incredibly unfamiliar feeling crawling through his body, starting in his stomach and spreading vertically across him like some creature clinging to him.

”D…Diamond…” Thanatos murmured. The face returned to the boy in his memory as soon as the other teenager ducked into the alley. The black-suited young man regained his composure and neutral-serious expression relatively quickly before he stalked over to the shadows of the alley where the other man stood now, apparently fearful. Thanatos’ head was lowered slightly and his shoulders were rolled forward, a nearly haughty stance.

”Well.” It was the single word he spoke as soon as he melted into the alley, standing just feet from Diamond. ”Isn’t this a blast from the past?” His voice was cold as it had grown over the years, as though he were being sharp intentionally. ”I haven’t seen you in ages.”

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Ack!

Thanatos barely got to react to Diamond's words before the other boy practically leapt on top of him. The black-suited young man stiffened instantly, his arms rigid by his sides as though they were made of the most unbendable iron. He felt his entire body go tense, the tendons in his neck popping forward as he attempted to crane his neck away.

It didn't work, though.

It was as though his entire body had fallen into a state of paralysis.

He wanted to shove his old friend away, more like punch, but at the same time there was something strange making it want to stay. Before he could tell Diamond to let go, the young man spoke.

"...whassa matter, "Lucas"?" he said, his voice like acid on the other name, "Scared of a few Noxxies?"

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Thanatos inhaled sharply when Diamond finally let go of him. Good Christ. he thought, adjusting the metal skull at the base of his throat from how he was sure it had been knocked astray by the sudden collision of his chest and diamonds by the hug. Thanatos’ lips twitched slightly when Diamond stated his views on whose side to stay with on the war. I should have expected as much. Truthfully, it didn’t surprise him too greatly – Diamond seemed like the type of person that didn’t know how to live a little and immerse himself in danger.

If he were any other person than someone he’d known for years, Thanatos probably would have told him to grow a pair and live a little.

”Im…” Thanatos didn’t know how to answer. He was a spy, he was with Team Rocket, and he had anything to do with his life that ranked high in his books since he was a gunrunner. ”…I’m fine.” he said, shrugging. ”Havent been bad, and I’m never happy so…fine would probably be the word here.”

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How Diamond could laugh so easily was beyond Thanatos’ comprehension. He didn’t understand what could have spurred such a positive emotion from the young man of his past. ”Oh.” Thanatos responds with a single word as he listens to Diamond. Clearly, he’s passionate about it. ”That’s good, then.” Thanatos falls silent and stares at the shadows of the alley behind Diamond. Something makes his skin crawl as his dark pupils stare into the depths. There’s something there he senses, and it’s nothing good. ”Not so much.” He responds, careful to avoid staring for too long, lest Diamond become worried. ”Once I left Sinnoh I mostly spent time in Kanto and Johto.”

He sees movement, and places a hand on Diamond’s shoulder. ”Alleys are dodgy places – “

He closes his fingers around the other man’s sleeve and turns to lead him away, only to find himself face-to-face with someone else. Oh well…just…fuck. He turns and pushes Diamond towards the shadows without a word, stopping when somebody else shows their face. ”Say nothing.” Thanatos hissed to the other, turning to the side to watch both men at once.

He knows exactly who they are, but gives no indication of it. ”What?” he asks them sharply. ”Lose your keys or something?”

”Not quite.” The one on the left responds, as the one on the right pulls a knife and stands, admiring the blade as though waiting. ”But you do owe us, you know. Maybe your pretty little friend will be good enough payment.” The one with the knife advanced towards Diamond.

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The advance of the first man was halted when Diamond pulled out his pokeball, the red of the top of it glinting in the light like an apparent threat. Thanatos felt his abdomen clench with momentary relief at the pause. Normally, he wouldn't have cared about what he did to the two men to get them off his ass. Now, though, Diamond was here. Though he hardly knew Diamond as he was now versus when he was younger, he could tell the young man wasn't much of one for crime.

Given the situation, it would probably turn out bad either way.

Silence clung to the air between the four, heavy and uncomfortable as it drew out before it was finally broken by a gruff laugh from the man that had stayed entirely still. "Please, poppy." he told Diamond, "We just want a word with our old friend here." His gaze turned back to Thanatos. "Looks like your friend is more willing to take action than you."

He approached, and Thanatos raised his arms to the v-cut in his suit, linking his fingers just on the inside seam of it, fingertips brushing the grip of the guns strapped against his chest.

"What happened? Somebody give you a well-deserved kick in the crotch and makin' you lose your balls?" Thanatos' eyebrows rose but he stayed silent, staring at the man until he reached out and gripped Thanatos' hair in his hand.

He spoke quietly over his shoulder. "Lucas? Don't. Move."

"You ruined us." The man's breath smelled like smoke, and he continued as though he'd heard nothing. "Now that you don't have your mindless ring-followers on you, you're defenseless, what is pokemon gonna do?" The man pulled a pokeball out of his pocket with his free hand and expanded it next to Thanatos' face.

Finally, the suited teen moved. He whipped the two guns from where they lay against his chest, arms crossed as he pointed the two guns at the men. His left gun was to his right side, jammed against the soft part between the bottom of the man's jawbones, while his right gun was extended across his chest, pointed in the general direction of the face of the man with the knife.

"I'll tell you what I'm going to do." he hissed, eyes narrowed at the man who let go of his hair in shock. "I'm going to leave with Lucas, and you're going to let the stragglers of your group that even though I've long left that world, I still know how to live that life."

The man stared balefully at Thanatos for a moment before nodding slowly, pressing his skin dangerously against the gun barrel's lips.

"Lucas, go that way. Get out of here." Thanatos jerked his head back towards the light of the main road. "I'll follow shortly."

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Thanatos stifled a snort of mild irritation when Lucas refused his command, and it came out as a half-sneeze- sounding thing. He made no comment on it though, and instead briefly turned his narrowed (now dangerously so) gaze to the man with the knife. He blinked once. The man was frightened. Thanatos could see him trembling where he stood. Sure, the fabric covering his body remained almost entirely stationary, but Thanatos could see the blade of the knife trembling. Pathetic. He turns his head slowly back to the man who has the mouth of the gun at his throat. The eyes his own meet burn with anger, and Thanatos keeps a straight face for a minute before smirking dangerously.

”Who doesn’t have balls, again? I forgot?”

The man began reaching toward his jacket with his remaining hand, and Thanatos’ thumbs quickly found the hammer on each of his pistols, cocking the guns. ”All it takes is the pull of a trigger.” he whispered, ”And you know damn well what I’m capable of.” The man’s Adam’s Apple bobs when he swallows before he backs up, skirting around Thanatos until he’s back by his partner, pokeball re-pocketed and out of sight.

The suited teen turns to face them, guns held out at arms length, parallel to the ground. His shoulders square, as though unconsciously making himself a larger barrier between the men and Lucas. ”Get going. Don’t you dare show your faces to me again.”

They retreated into the shadows from which they came before turning tail and running.

Thanatos sighed and dropped his arms to his sides, flicking them back into the ‘safe’ position before tucking them in his where they belonged. His two-toned eyes stayed staring at the ground before he decided to bring them back to look up at Diamond.

”I’m sorry you had to see that.”

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